Peter Danella

Mr. Danella was born in Pico, Italy, and a Peninsula resident since 1970 and a York County resident since 1980. He was a veteran of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. He retired in 1967 as a SMSGT after 23 years of service. After retirement he went to work at Fort Eustis for 10 years.

He was a member of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church and a member of the Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite Temple. Mr. Danella was an avid tennis player and won numerous championship in the Golden and Senior Olympics.

Mr. Danella is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Dorothy Macomber Danella; a daughter, Jo Ann Midgette and her husband, Arthur, of Smithfield, VA; a brother, Ronald Danella of North Carolina and a sister, Lillian Montella of Rhode Island; two granddaughters, Barrie Brown and her husband, Michael, and Belinda Cook and her husband, Mike; two great- grandsons, Peter and Michael Brown.

A funeral Mass will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 2, 2002, in St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church by Rev. Don Michael Hanna. Burial will follow in Hampton Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 on Friday in Amory Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the Church Building Fund at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church or to Berardine Franciscan Sisters Mary Immaculate Convent, 6A Ridgewood Parkway, Newport News, Virginia 23692.